2020-06-07T07:11:31ZEmerging Administrations in South-Eastern Europe. Case study: Romania, Bulgaria and Croatiahttp://www.apas.admpubl.snspa.ro/handle/2010/469
Emerging Administrations in South-Eastern Europe. Case study: Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia
Berceanu, Bogdan
The paper is based on the main topic of the PhD-project. It brings in debate the concept of “emergence” in public administration, regarded from the perspective of the system theory. The paper tries to outline the main ideas and findings of the case study of the PhD project based on a comparative and empirical research of some states from the area of South-Eastern Europe. Thus, the aim of the article is to explore the dimension of emerging South-Eastern administrations in the light of the changes and rules imposed by the European Union pressure. In these countries, the choice of the method to be used for changing governments under EU rules is an important issue because national public administrations as well as the judiciary are the guarantors for the implementation of these rules. The concept of “emergence” signifies “lato sensu” a kind of change and it will be used to refer to countries that have a high volatility and that are in transition and to define the changes that suffer the public administrations of the countries from South-Eastern Europe. The “emerging administration” can be considered the administration which is transforming its own system and values under the influences and impact of the external environment (represented in this case by the European Union and its processes of European integration and Europeanization).
Paper presented at the 2013 European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) International Conference, Edinburgh-United Kingdom
2016-01-30T00:00:00ZREFORMING GOVERNMENTS IN EMERGING ADMINISTRATIONS. CASE STUDY: SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPEhttp://www.apas.admpubl.snspa.ro/handle/2010/461
REFORMING GOVERNMENTS IN EMERGING ADMINISTRATIONS. CASE STUDY: SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
Berceanu, Bogdan
The aim of the article is to explore the characteristics of the reforms in emerging South-Eastern administrations under the changes and rules imposed by the European Union pressure. In these countries, the choice of the method to be used for reforming governments under EU rules is an important issue because national public administrations as well as the judiciary are the guarantors for the implementation of these rules.
The idea of emergence is generally used to indicate the appearance of patterns, structures, or properties that cannot be adequately explained by referring only to the system’s pre-existing components and their interactions
The term “emergence” covers a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach specific to administrative sciences, too.
In this article, the concept of “emergence” signifies lato sensu a kind of change and it will be used to refer to countries that have a high volatility and that are in transition and to define the changes that suffer the public administrations of the countries from South-Eastern Europe. The “emerging administration” can be considered the administration which is transforming its own system and values under the influences and impact of the external environment (represented in this case by the European Union and its processes of European integration and Europeanization).
Paper presented at the 20th International Conference NISPAcee "Public Administration East and West: Twenty Years of Development" Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The paper received the award for the NISPAcee Best PhD. Paper.
2011-05-15T00:00:00ZAdministrative convergence in some Balkan states.A socio-empirical studyhttp://www.apas.admpubl.snspa.ro/handle/2010/450
Administrative convergence in some Balkan states.A socio-empirical study
Matei, Ani; Matei, Lucica
In the context of the European administration development, the Balkan states are shaping a distinct area, determined
both by specific traditions and administrative culture, status of the European integration and influences of New Public
Management, “weberian” administration etc.
The current study reveals the outcomes of a socio-statistic survey concerning the perception and impact of the
administrative convergence processes, deriving from the administrative reforms in some Balkan states: Bulgaria,
Greece, Croatia and Romania.
The survey is based on the Administrative Convergence Scale (ACS), conceptualized and used by authors in the
framework of multilateral research programmes, and it highlights the specificity of the administrative convergence
processes in the Balkans.
2012-05-05T00:00:00ZNational and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkanshttp://www.apas.admpubl.snspa.ro/handle/2010/433
National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans
Matei, Ani(ed); Radulescu, Crina(ed)
The current volume represents the outcome of the international conference “National and
European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans”, organised in Bucharest on 15 – 16
July 2011.
The conference has been organised by Jean Monnet research network dedicated to “South-
Eastern European developments on the administrative convergence and enlargement of the
European Administrative Space in Balkan states”, representing the third edition of the events
organised under the above aegis.
The research network, comprising the National School of Political Studies and Public
Administration (NSPSPA), Bucharest, Romania, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece,
New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, University of Rijeka, Croatia and the European
Public Law Organization (EPLO) with headquarters in Athens, Greece has developed and
continues to develop studies and researches specific for the development of public
administration in the Balkan states.
The keynote speakers of the conference included Mw. Dr. Helena Raulus, EU Law Docent,
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid , Erasmus Universiteit, Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Spyridon
Flogaitis, Director, President of the BoD, European Public Law Organization, Greece and
Prof. Dr. Lucica Matei, Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, National School of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania.
The contents of the papers presented have been focused on the following topics:
 EU normative support for sustaining the process of administrative convergence
 European Administrative Space principles – pillars for the mechanisms of evaluation
of public administration reforms
 Balkan priorities for European Administrative Space enlargement
Other two sub adjacent topics have been added, aiming especially the doctoral students,
emphasising the following themes:
 The process of administrative convergence at EU level
 Efficiency, effectiveness and responsibility in the European Administrative Space
 European Administrative Space. Priorities of the future.
For the international conference, 88 abstracts were received, of which due to the first selection
achieved by the Conference Scientific Committee, 56 papers were accepted.
After presentation, the papers have been improved and subjected to double review, so that
there were accepted for publication 36 papers, having 46 authors from nine countries:
Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Albania, France, Croatia, Italy and USA and two
European organisations: EPLO and EIPA.
The general conclusion expected for the final of our conference could refer to the existence of
a Balkan Administrative Space as part of the European Administrative Space.
Even if the area of the Balkan Administrative Space is confined, we have to highlight the
unity in diversity as a fundamental feature.
The unity derives from the ideals of European integration of the Balkan states and the
diversity derives from the national histories, cultural diversity and their national identity.
The connections of the Balkan Administrative Space become day by day more powerful
related to the European Administrative Space.
They are determined by the development of the processes of convergence and administrative
dynamics as well as by the internal developments induced by the administrative reforms in the
mentioned states.
In this context, we could assert that by means of the research proposed and achieved, our
project has open new agendas of research, that partially have been expressed in our research
reports, publications etc.
At the same time, as remarked from the contents of this conference, the national and European
values of the Balkan Administrative Space are substantiated on the regulatory framework of
the European Union, the processes of convergence and administrative dynamics, as well as on
the principles of the European Administrative Space.
In fact, as it is well known, the latter becomes a non-formalised acquis of the European Public
Administration, representing a standard for assessing the progress in the reforms of the
national public administrations.
Our conference has taken place under the auspices of this generous perspective.
I would like to express my kind thanks to everyone for your contribution to conceiving,
organising and delivering this scientific event.
2011-11-01T00:00:00Z